[stylist] Fwd: Writing Tool Question

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Dave, I wrote her back. Basically told her the netbooks are a fine tool. I
use one and know a dozen others who do and love them. 

Thanks 

Robert Leslie Newman
President NFB Writers' division 
Writers' Division Website-
http://www.nfb-writers-division.org
Personal Website- 
http://www.thoughtprovoker.info

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Subject: [stylist] Fwd: Writing Tool Question

Don't reply here -- if you want to reach the original sender.

Dave


>From: "Susan \(Aly\) W. Parsons" <alypar at erols.com>
>To: "David Andrews" <dandrews at visi.com>
>Cc: <alypar at erols.com>
>Subject: Writing Tool Question
>Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 13:39:53 -0400
>
>My thanks to Dave Andrews who agreed to forward this to your list.  I  
>am not a  list member, and I  would appreciate it if you could send any 
>response directly to my email address (below).
>
>I  am a  writer who used Zoomtext for about 25 years. About a year ago 
>my vision dropped so that I'm down to a little lightt perception, and 
>recently I bought  JAWS.  I am  used to carrying
>around a fresh  printout     of the scene or chapter I'm working on, 
>so that I  can continue editing and writing  whenever I'm away from my 
>computer.  I'm looking for suggestions of something keyboard-sized and 
>light that I'd be able to whip out of a large purse and work on , 
>preferably  something which won't require converting the file format 
>with every transfer between my laptop and this smaller device.  I've 
>heard I could load JAWS on a  netbook, but that the atom processor is 
>barely able to handle JAWSS and MS Word at the same time.  Is that the 
>way to go, and if so, do you suggest  a specific brand?  Or do you 
>recommend a different device?
>
>FYI, On my laptop, I  have JAWS 11, Windows XP, MS Word 2007, and the 
>latest WordPerfect.  (Until this year I was a wordPerfect user, but 
>switched to MS Word to make it easier for the screen reader.)
>
>My thanks for any  suggestions.  Again, please reply to me at my email 
>address.
>
>-- Aly Parsons
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